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This chapter considers the long shadow of failure on the 1716–1721 mission to Tibet by Italian Jesuit Ippolito Desideri (1684–1733). Analysing Desideri’s letters, his missionary manual, and his Notizie historiche del Thibet, it focuses on the historical actors’ perceptions of missionary failure, and...

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Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2024
Online Access:https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/979-12-215-0242-8_4

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